SITREP 25: ATTEMPTED COUP IN MANILA, AS OF 1515

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M01243R001000290034-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2013
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: December 3, 1989
• Content Type: CABLE

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PERMISSION TO PROVIDE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FROM CA AIR
SASE. MACARAIG SAID HE APPROVED OF THIS. AND ALSO
ENDORSED RAMOS/ IDEA OF SUPPLIES FOR CIVILIAN
AUTHORITIES. HE TOM THE AMBASSADOR THAT THERE, NILL BE A
CABINET MEETING THIS AFTERNOON Al THE PALACE.
5., THE AMBASSADOR THEN CALLEL_URaiNAL?SIN TO
CONGRATULATE fiTm?FUR?WTS-1913MICI-THIS MORNING URGING THE
REBELS TO SURRENDER AND THE PEOPLE* TO SUPPORT THEI
GOVERNMENT, ADDING THE STATEMENT WILL REALLY HELP TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE. THE CARDINAL THANKED THE AMBASSADDR.FOR
U.S. SUPPORT, STATING THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL. HE URGED THAT
THE U.S. NOT ABANDON THE PHILIPPINES.
4. SIN ADDED THAT THE AQUINO ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO
RESTORE DEMOCRACY IN THE PHILIPPINES, BUT THAT THERE ARE
ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO wANT TO DESTROY THE DEMOCRATIC NAY. HE
STATED FURTHER THAT THE REPORTS HE IS RECEIVING, FROM
CHURCH OFFICIALS IS THAT THE REBEL RESISTANCE IS
SOFTENING. HE SAID THAT A PARISH PRIEST Al C-KRIST: THE
KING CHURCH IN SUBURBAN MANILA FED A 150 REBEL TROOPS LAST
NIGHT NHO HAD NOT EATEN IN TWO DAYS. SIN SAID TID TROOPS
MERE YOUNG AND IDEALISTIC AND HAD BEEN MISLEAD. HE ADDED
THAT HE:IS GETTING FEELERS FROM SOME REBELS FOR
NEGOTIATIONS.
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6., U.S. CITIZENS IN MAKATI REPORT GOVERNMENT TROOPS ARE
SETTING UP A ROADBLOCK AT EDSA AND GIL PUYAT AVENUE
(FORMERLY BUENDIA). EMBOFF CONFIRMS THAT THE ROADBLOCK
INCLUDES ONE SCORPION TANK. TWO DOZEN GOVERNMENTI TROOPS
REQUESTED ENTRY INTO NORTH FORBES PARK IN MAKATI %ND
THREATENED TO SHOUT GUARDS UNLESS THE GATE IS OPEN. THERE
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THE REBELS WITH ARMS AND AMMUNITION,
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